Fundamentals Of The Personal Data Protection Act (2020) (Synchronous E-learning)
About This Course
This three-day course will give course participants a good overview and understanding of the PDPA and how it may be applied to the organizations for compliance. In addition to references to relevant parts of
the PDPA, the course content is also largely adapted from the Advisory Guidelines published by the PDPC.
What You'll Learn
• Definition of what is personal data.
• An Organization’s processes, procedures, and guidelines of DPMP
• Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (PDPA).
• PDPA and the data lifecycle.
• Obligations under the PDPA.
• Accountability under the PDPA; and
• Best practices in operationalizing PDPA.
With the above-mentioned knowledge, participants will be able to carry out the following:
• Obtain consent to collect, use or disclose individuals’ personal data.
• Allow individuals to withdraw consent.
• Collect, use or disclose personal data only for the purpose for which consent was obtained.
• Notify individuals of the purposes for the collection, use or disclosure of their personal data.
• Correct errors or omissions in individuals’ personal data upon request.
• Ensure accuracy and completeness in the collection of personal data.
• Cease retention or anonymize personal data when it is no longer necessary for business or legal purposes.
Entry Requirements
There are no pre-requisites for this course.
Assumed Knowledge and Experience
• Understands relevant organisational strategies, objectives, culture, policies, processes and products / services
• Aware of compliance requirements of the organisation
.
Assumed Skills
• Have business writing skills to prepare management report.
• Have analytical skills to assess policies and procedures.
• Have information gathering skills to gather and collate necessary data
• Have interpersonal and communication skills to interact with relevant stakeholders; and
• Have facilitation skills to ask the right questions to elicit necessary information.